Chapter 1 by Lady Phoenix Rose at Inkitt

Summary

══════════════════════════════════════ THE NEVERMORE CHRONICLES BOOK ONE ══════════════════════════════════════ CHAPTER ONE THE HOUSE THAT REMEMBERED There were houses that were built to shelter families. There were houses that were built to impress them. And then there was Breedlove Manor. The old estate had been standing for generations, long before most of the surrounding roads had names and long before the nearby villages had grown into the small communities they were today. Its oldest stones had weathered centuries of rain, snow, summer heat, and winter storms. Yet Breedlove Manor had never seemed old to Beatrice Violet Breedlove. Not truly. To her, it was alive. It breathed with the changing seasons. It whispered through the trees when the wind moved across the grounds. It creaked softly at night, as though the enormous house were settling beneath its own memories. And sometimes, when Beatrice walked through its oldest corridors alone, she could have sworn the manor was trying to tell her something. She simply had not yet learned how to listen. That morning, sunlight filtered through the tall bedroom windows and settled across the pale quilt covering her bed. Beatrice opened one eye. She stared at the ceiling. Then she closed it again. "No." The word was muffled against her pillow. A faint sound of birdsong drifted through the open window. Beatrice

Genre: Fantasy

Author: Lady Phoenix Rose

Status: Complete

Chapters: 1

Rating: n/a

Age Rating: 13+

Chapter 1 Welcome to Manor Readers

🌹🖤 WELCOME TO BREEDLOVE MANOR 🖤🌹

Dear Reader,

The gates are open.

For the first time, I invite you beyond the walls of Breedlove Manor and into the world of The Nevermore Chronicles.

You are not simply beginning a story.

You are stepping into a place where old stone remembers footsteps, where gardens hold secrets, where family legacies reach farther back than anyone realizes, and where not every shadow belongs to the darkness.

Here, you will meet Beatrice Violet Breedlove—a woman carrying an ancient family name while determined to create a legacy of her own.

You will walk the halls of the manor.

You will discover forgotten rooms.

You may find yourself wondering which stories are true...

And which stories were deliberately buried.

Some doors will open easily.

Others may require patience.

And there are a few doors that perhaps should never be opened at all.

But once you enter Breedlove Manor, you may discover something unexpected:

The house has been waiting for you.

So, dear reader...

Come through the gates.